Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238
Belongs to Cypricardinia according to J., Jr. Pojeta 1969
See also Girty 1910
Sister taxa: Cypricardinia borealica, Cypricardinia contracta, Cypricardinia dalecarlica, Cypricardinia eopermica, Cypricardinia fossa, Cypricardinia indenta, Cypricardinia kallholniensis, Cypricardinia mytiliformis, Cypricardinia permica, Cypricardinia planulata, Cypricardinia revoluta, Cypricardinia securigera, Cypricardinia ulrichi
Type specimen: USNM 155908, a shell
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Arkansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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